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US 2010/0300064 A1Published application
Lateral Flow High Voltage Propellant Isolator
AssigneeL-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc.
InventorStephen L. Hart
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Abstract
A high voltage propellant isolator includes at least two different types of isolator rings or segments, in alternating lateral arrangement, that direct the flow of propellant, such as xenon gas, in a tortuous path through the isolator.
Claims12
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A method of isolating a propellant between two components from an ion thruster, the method comprising:
- (a) directing the propellant through an opening in a first isolator segment;
- (b) changing the direction of the propellant after the propellant passes through the opening in the first segment;
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- (c) directing the propellant through an opening in a second isolator segment,
- wherein the path of the propellant through the first segment is different than the path of the propellant through the second segment.
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